This is brutal lol the woes of transmuting

As the season winds down a bit, still time left but winding down, I've resorted to attempting for gem strength on my weapons, new weapons. The whole throw a ancestral one with decent affixes into the cube in hopes for it being able to be transmuted twice then hope for gem strength. Holy shit the odds are so stacked against getting your item being able to even be transmuted a second time.

I dunno. Guess it's just business as usual? From Blizzard. Fun season but geez lol